Japan at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Japan at the 1960 Summer Olympics
IOC code	JPN (GIA used at these Games)
NOC	Japanese Olympic Committee
Website	www.joc.or.jp  (in Japanese and English)
in Rome
Competitors	162 (142 men and 20 women) in 17 sports
Flag bearer	Takashi Ono
Medals Ranked 8th	Gold 4 Silver 7 Bronze 7 Total 18
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Japan competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 162 competitors, 142 men and 20 women, took part in 96 events in 17 sports. ^[1] As the country hosted the next Olympics in Tokyo, the Japanese flag was raised at the closing ceremony.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Takashi Ono Nobuyuki Aihara Yukio Endo Takashi Mitsukuri Masao Takemoto Shuji Tsurumi Gymnastics Men's team all-around September 7  Gold Takashi Ono Gymnastics Men's horizontal bar September 10  Gold Takashi Ono Gymnastics Men's vault September 10  Gold Nobuyuki Aihara Gymnastics Men's floor September 10  Silver Yoshihiko Osaki Swimming Men's 200 m breaststroke August 30  Silver Tsuyoshi Yamanaka Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle August 31  Silver Makoto Fukui Hiroshi Ishii Tsuyoshi Yamanaka Tatsuo Fujimoto Swimming Men's 4 x 200 m freestyle relay September 1  Silver Masayuki Matsubara Wrestling Men's freestyle flyweight September 6  Silver Yoshinobu Miyake Weightlifting Men's 56 kg September 7  Silver Takashi Ono Gymnastics Men's individual all-around September 7  Silver Masao Takemoto Gymnastics Men's horizontal bar September 10  Bronze Kazuo Tomita Koichi Hirakida Yoshihiko Osaki Keigo Shimuzu Swimming Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay September 1  Bronze Satoko Tanaka Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke September 3  Bronze Kiyoshi Tanabe Boxing Men's flyweight September 5  Bronze Yoshihisa Yoshikawa Shooting Men's pistol September 6  Bronze Takashi Ono Gymnastics Men's parallel bars September 10  Bronze Takashi Ono Gymnastics Men's rings September 10  Bronze Shuji Tsurumi Gymnastics Men's pommel horse September 10

Medals by sport Sport Total Gymnastics 4 2 3 9 Swimming 0 3 2 5 Weightlifting 0 1 0 1 Wrestling 0 1 0 1 Boxing 0 0 1 1 Shooting 0 0 1 1 Total 4 7 7 18

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Five male cyclists represented Japan in 1960.

Individual road race

• Masashi Omiya

1000m time trial

• Tetsuo Osawa

Team pursuit

• Tetsuo Osawa
• Kanji Kubomura
• Nobuhira Takanuki
• Katsuya Saito

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Five fencers, all men, represented Japan in 1960.

Men's foil

• Mitsuyuki Funamizu
• Heizaburo Okawa
• Kazuhiko Tabuchi

Men's team foil

• Heizaburo Okawa, Mitsuyuki Funamizu, Tsugeo Ozawa, Kazuhiko Tabuchi

Men's épée

• Kazuhiko Tabuchi
• Sonosuke Fujimaki
• Tsugeo Ozawa

Men's team épée

• Heizaburo Okawa, Tsugeo Ozawa, Sonosuke Fujimaki, Kazuhiko Tabuchi

Men's sabre

• Tsugeo Ozawa
• Mitsuyuki Funamizu
• Sonosuke Fujimaki

Men's team sabre

• Sonosuke Fujimaki, Mitsuyuki Funamizu, Tsugeo Ozawa, Kazuhiko Tabuchi

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Two male pentathletes represented Japan in 1960.

Individual

• Kazuhiro Tanaka
• Shigeaki Uchino

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Japan had 14 male rowers participate in two out of seven rowing events in 1960. ^[2]

Men's coxed four

• Koji Fukuda
• Hatsuhiko Mizuki
• Shunji Murai
• Naotake Okubo
• Osamu Saito (cox)

Men's eight

• Kenro Chiba
• Tetsuzo Hirose
• Hironori Itsuki
• Hiroshi Saito
• Tadashi Saito
• Tetsuo Sato
• Shigemi Tamura
• Yosuke Tazaki
• Hiroyuki Misawa (cox)

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Eight shooters represented Japan in 1960. Yoshihisa Yoshikawa won a bronze medal in the 50 metre pistol event.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Yukio Inokuma	Men's 50 metre rifle prone	384	12 Q	586	6
Takao Ishii	Men's 50 metre rifle three positions	538	24 Q	1110	30
	Men's 50 metre rifle prone	385	13 Q	582	20
Kenichi Kumagai	Trap	85	33 Q	178	21
Tadao Matsui	50 m pistol	—		540	12
Osamu Ochiai	25 m rapid fire pistol	—		565	35
Fumio Ryosenan		—		569	30
Mitsuo Yamane	Trap	?	AC	Did not advance
Yoshihisa Yoshikawa	50 m pistol	—		552

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics

References

1. "Japan at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 4 August 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Japan Rowing at the 1960 Roma Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2018.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database